[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 226 (Monday, November 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56015-56016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25572]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[9970-26-OEI]
Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision
Approval, State of Tennessee
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's approval of the State of
Tennessee's request to revise its EPA Administered Permit Programs: The
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System EPA-authorized program
to allow electronic reporting.
DATES: EPA approves the State of Tennessee's authorized program
revision as of November 27, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Seeh, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information, Mail Stop
2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566-
1175, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media
Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) was published in the Federal
Register (70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of title 40 of the CFR.
CROMERR establishes electronic reporting as an acceptable regulatory
alternative to paper reporting and establishes requirements to assure
that electronic documents are as legally dependable as their paper
counterparts. Subpart D of CROMERR requires that state, tribal or local
government agencies that receive, or wish to begin receiving,
electronic reports under their EPA-authorized programs must apply to
EPA for a revision or modification of those programs and obtain EPA
approval. Subpart D provides standards for such approvals based on
consideration of the electronic document receiving systems that the
state, tribe, or local government will use to implement the electronic
reporting. Additionally, Sec. 3.1000(b) through (e) of 40 CFR part 3,
subpart D provides special procedures for program revisions and
modifications to allow electronic reporting, to be used at the option
of the state, tribe or local government in place of procedures
available under existing program-specific authorization regulations. An
application submitted under the subpart D procedures must show that the
state, tribe or local government has sufficient legal authority to
implement the electronic reporting components of the programs covered
by the application
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and will use electronic document receiving systems that meet the
applicable subpart D requirements.
On October 17, 2017, the Tennessee Department of Environment and
Conservation (TDEC) submitted an application titled ``Construction
Stormwater System'' for revision to its EPA-approved program under
title 40 CFR to allow new electronic reporting. EPA reviewed TDEC's
request to revise its EPA-authorized Part 123--EPA Administered Permit
Programs: The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System program
and, based on this review, EPA determined that the application met the
standards for approval of authorized program revision/modification set
out in 40 CFR part 3, subpart D. In accordance with 40 CFR 3.1000(d),
this notice of EPA's decision to approve Tennessee's request to revise
its Part 123--EPA Administered Permit Programs: The National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System program to allow electronic reporting
under 40 CFR part 122 and 125 is being published in the Federal
Register.
TDEC was notified of EPA's determination to approve its application
with respect to the authorized program listed above.
Matthew Leopard,
Director, Office of Information Management.
[FR Doc. 2017-25572 Filed 11-24-17; 8:45 am]
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